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Overall
A
Matriculation A+
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A-
Community C
Reviews B
Friends Select School's mission is to provide a challenging, college-preparatory academic program to its diverse, coed student population, from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Members of the Friends Select community believe in the Quaker values of respect for all, simplicity, the peaceful resolution to conflict, and a constant search for truth. The school works to achieve a balance between the needs of individuals and the community, in an atmosphere of cooperation and concern for the betterment of all. It values the rich diversity of its urban setting and the opportunities and challenges it provides for the education of its students. Under the caring oversight of dedicated faculty and staff, Friends Select students gain the knowledge, skills and character that will help them to live full lives.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$48500
Enrollment
646
International Students
2%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
76%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
Endowment
$15 millions
Average SAT Score
1375
Average ACT Score
27.5
Class Size
12

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2020-2022)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#3 Harvard College 1 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#10 Duke University 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
LAC #3 Pomona College 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#22 Georgetown University 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
LAC #6 Carleton College 1 +
#32 Tufts University 1 +
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#36 University of Rochester 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#51 Spelman College 1 +
#51 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Pepperdine University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#55 University of Washington 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 University of Connecticut 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
#72 North Carolina State University 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
LAC #15 Grinnell College 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 1 +
#76 Muhlenberg College 1 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#77 Michigan State University 1 +
#81 Earlham College 1 +
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 +
SUNY University at Binghamton 1 +
#84 Bennington College 1 +
#85 Southwestern University 1 +
#85 University of Puget Sound 1 +
#85 Washington College 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
#89 Howard University 1 +
#89 Juniata College 1 +
#89 University of Delaware 1 +
#89 Ursinus College 1 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #18 Haverford College 1 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1 +
#97 Clark University 1 +
#105 Drexel University 1 +
#105 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#111 Drew University 1 +
#111 Goucher College 1 +
#111 Susquehanna University 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
#121 Temple University 1 +
#121 University of Kansas 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
#124 Randolph College 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#127 Clarkson University 1 +
#127 Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls 1 +
#127 University of Dayton 1 +
#130 Eckerd College 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#137 DePaul University 1 +
#137 George Mason University 1 +
#137 Seton Hall University 1 +
#137 University of New Hampshire 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
#151 Marymount Manhattan College 1 +
#151 Oregon State University 1 +
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
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LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
#166 Quinnipiac University 1 +
#166 Virginia Commonwealth University 1 +
#166 Xavier University 1 +
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#182 Adelphi University 1 +
#182 Belmont University 1 +
#182 Ohio University 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #37 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#202 La Salle University 1 +
#202 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 +
#202 University of Wyoming 1 +
#212 Washington State University 1 +
#219 Hampton University 1 +
#219 Widener University 1 +
LAC #45 Furman University 1 +
#234 Georgia State University 1 +
#234 Pace University 1 +
#234 University of Massachusetts Boston 1 +
#234 West Virginia University 1 +
#250 Immaculata University 1 +
#250 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
#285 Western Michigan University 1 +
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LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
#317 Morgan State University 1 +
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McGill University 1 +
McMaster University 1 +
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Moravian College 1 +
Neumann University 1 +
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Otis College of Art and Design 1 +
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Washington & Jefferson College 1 +
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Xavier University of Louisiana 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2022 2020 2019 2015-2017 Total
All schools 79 32 14 26
#1 Princeton University 1 +admitted 1 2
#2 Harvard College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#2 Columbia University 1 +admitted 1
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +admitted 5 1 + 1 + 8
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 +admitted 1 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 +admitted 1
#9 Duke University 1 +admitted 1
#14 Brown University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +admitted 1
#17 Cornell University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +admitted 1
#21 Emory University 1 +admitted 1 2
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +admitted 1 2
#23 University of Michigan 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#23 Georgetown University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +admitted 1 2
#25 University of Virginia 1 +admitted 2 3
#27 University of Southern California 1 +admitted 1 2
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +admitted 1
#28 New York University 1 +admitted 1 1 + 1 + 4
#28 Tufts University 1 +admitted 2 1 + 4
#34 University of Rochester 1 +admitted 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#36 Boston College 1 +admitted 1
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 +admitted 1
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +admitted 1 2
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +admitted 1 2
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 +admitted 1
#42 Boston University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#42 Tulane University 1 +admitted 1 2
#42 Brandeis University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +admitted 1 2
#49 Purdue University 1 +admitted 1
#49 Pepperdine University 1 +admitted 1
#49 Villanova University 1 +admitted 1
#49 Lehigh University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#49 Northeastern University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#55 University of Miami 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 +admitted 1 2
#59 University of Washington 1 +admitted 1
#59 Syracuse University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +admitted 3 1 + 1 + 6
#63 University of Connecticut 1 +admitted 1
#63 George Washington University 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#68 Fordham University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#75 Clemson University 1 +admitted 1
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 +admitted 1
#79 North Carolina State University 1 +admitted 1
#79 American University 1 +admitted 1 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Howard University 1 +admitted 1 2
#83 Michigan State University 1 +admitted 1
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1
#83 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 +admitted 1
#83 University of California: Riverside 1 +admitted 1
#83 Elon University 1 +admitted 1
#93 University of Delaware 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#103 Clark University 1 +admitted 1 2
#103 Loyola University Chicago 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Drexel University 1 +admitted 3 1 + 5
#103 Temple University 1 +admitted 2 1 + 4
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 +admitted 1
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#103 University of Arizona 1 +admitted 1
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +admitted 1
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1
#117 University of Vermont 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#122 University of Kansas 1 +admitted 1
#127 University of Dayton 1 +admitted 1
#127 DePaul University 1 +admitted 1
#127 Clarkson University 1 +admitted 1
#127 Seton Hall University 1 +admitted 1
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 +admitted 1
#162 Oregon State University 1 +admitted 1
Rutgers University 1 +admitted 1
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +admitted 1
College of William and Mary 1 +admitted 1
Penn State University Park 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2022 2020 2019 2015-2017 Total
All schools 32 9 11 9
#2 Amherst College 1 +admitted 1
#3 Swarthmore College 1 +admitted 2 3
#4 Pomona College 1 +admitted 1
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 +admitted 1
#9 Carleton College 1 +admitted 1
#11 United States Military Academy 1 +admitted 1 2
#13 Hamilton College 1 +admitted 1
#13 Davidson College 1 + 1
#13 Grinnell College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#16 Haverford College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#17 Smith College 1 + 1
#17 Colby College 1 + 1
#17 Colgate University 1 +admitted 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 +admitted 1 2
#22 Vassar College 1 +admitted 2 3
#25 Bates College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#27 Macalester College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#30 Kenyon College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +admitted 1
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 +admitted 1
#35 Pitzer College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#38 Bucknell University 1 +admitted 2 3
#38 Skidmore College 1 +admitted 1 1 + 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 +admitted 1
#42 Occidental College 1 +admitted 1
#46 Furman University 1 +admitted 1
#46 Trinity College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#50 Dickinson College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#50 Connecticut College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#54 Gettysburg College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#62 Bard College 1 +admitted 1
Union College 1 +admitted 1
Franklin & Marshall College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
Oberlin College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 + 3

AP Scores

(2016-2020)
89%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

Sports

(16)
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Dance
Diving
Field Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Dance
Diving
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(19)
Animal Awareness
Black Student Union
Chemistry Club
Chess Club
Diversity Club
Helping Hands
Animal Awareness
Black Student Union
Chemistry Club
Chess Club
Diversity Club
Helping Hands
International Student Union
Junior States of America
Library Club
Math Club
Mock Trial
Model UN/World Affairs Club
Movie Analysis Club
Robotics Club
Samba Club
Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA)
Spirit Club
The Cappies
Worship and Ministry
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Arts

(12)
Choir
Drama
Music Theory
Percussion
Digital Media
Drawing
Choir
Drama
Music Theory
Percussion
Digital Media
Drawing
Filmmaking
Glass
Photography
Portfolio
Sculpture
Art
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Contact Info

https://www.friends-select.org
17th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-561-5900
anita@friends-select.org
Pennsylvania

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: PreK-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1689
Campus Size: 1.84 acres
Religious Affiliation: Quaker

Application Info

Interview: Skype
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,ISEE
School Code:
TOEFL: 1460
SSAT: 3328
ISEE: 393320
Recommended
Day school
Charles Wright Academy United States Flag
4.7
Recommended
Boarding
Fountain Valley School of Colorado United States Flag
4.7

Frequently Ask Questions about Friends Select School

Tell me a bit about Friends Select School.
Friends Select School is Co-ed private day school located in Pennsylvania, US. It was founded 1689 , and currently has about 646 students, 2.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.friends-select.org.
Does Friends Select School have rigorous academic requirements?
Friends Select School also have 76% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Friends Select School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 16.33% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 16.33% go to top 25, and about 12.24% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Friends Select School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Friends Select School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Friends Select School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Friends Select School in 2024 is $48,500 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at anita@friends-select.org .
Where is Friends Select School located?
Friends Select School is located in the State of Pennsylvania of USA.
How popular is Friends Select School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Friends Select School is among the most popular schools, within top 256 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Friends Select School has been favorited by 72 users.
How to start with an application with Friends Select School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Friends Select School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Friends Select School’s official site: https://www.friends-select.org or call them at 215-561-5900.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Friends Select School?
Yes, here are few: Calgary French and International School, Lycée international de Calgary and

What is the FindingSchool rating for Friends Select School?
The overall rating for Friends Select School is A.

The section ratings of Friends Select School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A- for Extracurriculum
C for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, holds a pivotal place in U.S. history. Once the nation's capital, it is home to iconic landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. With a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census, Philadelphia is a hub for arts, culture, and education. The city is known for its rich history, diverse neighborhoods, and vibrant arts scene. It also plays a major role in life sciences, business, and industry, making it a key city in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Population (2022) 1,447,395
Cost of Living Higher than average 7%
Nearby Airport Philadelphia International Airport

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